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10-12-2017 12:00 AM

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Smart Cities are a recent vision in urban development policy targeting at improving all facets of urban life. In the context of urban mobility, ecosystems of firms, public authorities and other stakeholders emerge that collaborate to enable novel technology-based infrastructures and improve mobility services. Such developments often rest on platform hubs that integrate transportation and mobility-related information services as well as infrastructure means and devices. We present preliminary insights from an action research case study of a European metropolitan region currently pursuing a Smart City mobility initiative. We use ecosystem data to develop a “business ecosystem explorer” software prototype featuring several techniques to visualize the ecosystem. Potential contributions of our research include insights to using visualizations for innovation and governance of the mobility ecosystem and platforms, and to stimulating knowledge flows between ecosystem stakeholders groups and communities.

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Dec 10th, 12:00 AM

Visualizing Platform Hubs of Smart City Mobility Business Ecosystems

Smart Cities are a recent vision in urban development policy targeting at improving all facets of urban life. In the context of urban mobility, ecosystems of firms, public authorities and other stakeholders emerge that collaborate to enable novel technology-based infrastructures and improve mobility services. Such developments often rest on platform hubs that integrate transportation and mobility-related information services as well as infrastructure means and devices. We present preliminary insights from an action research case study of a European metropolitan region currently pursuing a Smart City mobility initiative. We use ecosystem data to develop a “business ecosystem explorer” software prototype featuring several techniques to visualize the ecosystem. Potential contributions of our research include insights to using visualizations for innovation and governance of the mobility ecosystem and platforms, and to stimulating knowledge flows between ecosystem stakeholders groups and communities.